Film magazines are a fertiliser supporting the importance and cultural meaning of films beyond what newspapers and other media can do, and are essential to film lovers. It’s great to see that there is a new magazine, Gigan, focused on the world of Japanese...

You can find Part 1 of this article here. Tukuha Niwano Biography Born in 1991, Tokyo, Japan. She is now living in Paris, France. At the age of 8, she moved to Monaco with her family, and while she was a 6th grader at elementary school, she lived in Japan for a year...

During a decade of Japanese independent film, technic and skills of the camera work, the recording and the editing looks better than before. In some independent films, a professional camera man or a musician are hired for a film. On the other hand, intention of...